Nonconform

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A manufactured product, that is conform to the living required standards in a zone.

    "Within a particular batch there are a number of nonconforms sprinkled in some unknown way[…]"

Verb
  1. 1
    To fail or refuse to conform; to differ. intransitive

    "I did not acknowledge that I had Lesbian feelings until I was in my twenties, but long before that Baldwin's homosexuality was also a hopeful sign. If nothing else, it indicated his capacity to radically non-conform, to carve out his own emotional freedom, lessons that I myself would have to learn."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From non- + conform.

Etymology 2

From non- + conform.

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